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with it,” AJ said, tired of protocol and delay.
    “I have all the necessary forms ready for your signature,” The manager stuttered. “Your office faxed over the statement of representation for our records.”
    “So what’s the problem?”
    “No problem sir, I just have to…”
    “Please can we get this done? I’m in a hurry,” AJ said.
    Annoyed, the man rose and said, “Certainly sir.” Lawyers, bastards all , the mousy bank manager thought. “This will just take a few minutes. Your father placed your name on the signature card and you have the key, however, as we discussed on the telephone, you never signed the card, hence the formality,” the manager said, as he quietly left the office.
    Waiting impatiently, AJ tried to grasp what was happening to him, his disappointment, and his father’s murder. Now there was a total stranger on his doorstep, a stranger who asked to be trusted. He had a story but he was rationing the facts. Why? The man wasn’t a stranger to his father. Andreas apparently trusted him a great deal. Why?
    The manager came back into the office with what passed for a smile on his face. “We’re all set. Thank you for your patience,” he said. “Will you follow me, please?”
    AJ rose without a word and followed the officious man to the vault. Once inside, AJ saw row upon row of numbered brushed metal boxes, each with two key slots. He followed the manager to box 1905. He used the key Ceres had given him; the manager used his key as well, and the box opened.
    It was one of the larger safe deposit boxes, about fifteen by fifteen inches. The bank manager pulled the metal rectangle out of its slot. It slid smoothly until its entire twenty-four inches came free. He looked at AJ for help and the two of them lifted the box onto a cart. The manager wheeled the cart into a secure cubical, while AJ trailed behind. This was Andreas’ secret safe deposit box. 
    The large box held a strange array of treasures. There were documents in carefully labeled envelopes, Internet, DOD research, military records, National Archives, and Greek government. The file folders contained piles of government documents, newspaper articles and Internet print outs with sections circled and Post It notes attached. A thick black and white composition book held research notes in what AJ recognized as his father’s unmistakable hand. Looking at the Internet printouts, AJ picked up an article from 2001 and read it.
    Hunt for Sunken Jewish Treasure
    Divers continued their search off the coast of Thessaloniki for gold, silver, coins, and jewels worth billions taken from the Jewish Community of Thessaloniki by German wartime Governor Colonel Max Dorn. Dorn, who promised to spare the lives of the owners, broke his promise, and nearly every Jew in Thessaloniki region, an estimated 80,000, were killed in Nazi death camps. Dorn is rumored to have been helped by U.S. Army forces.
    AJ thumbed through the sheaf of papers. Each was  neatly clipped or stapled There were dozens of printouts, articles, and bound stacks of photocopies. He picked up another Article, this one from 2005, and read it too, still not believing what he saw.
    Divers Seek Nazi Loot
    Treasure hunters resumed their search of the freighter Agamemnon this week for an estimated $6 billion worth of treasures stolen from the city's Jews, reports Sophia Helenas in Athens. After obtaining renewed permits from the Greek Ministry of Interior, an international team of divers will plunge into the deep blue waters off southern Greece in search of diamonds, jewels, and gold, looted from an estimated 50,000 Greek Jews sent to concentration camps.
    Divers are searching for more than treasure, however. They are also searching for answers to one of the Second World War's darkest secrets. Thessaloniki’s Jewish population successfully negotiated a deal to avoid deportation and reportedly paid a ransom for each man, woman and child. The ransom was reportedly stolen, resulting in the